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Why didn't Crowdstrike get sued or go bankrupt after starting BSOD day? (techcrunch.com)

submitted 2 months ago by GatoEscobar@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I would honestly think freezing airports, hospitals and other services for days would cause a lot of legal trouble.

At least that's what would happen if an experienced hacker did the same thing.

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

At least that’s what would happen if an experienced hacker did the same thing.

If you ignore the context of a massive company doing an oopsie daisy and a malicious hacker intentionally trying to cause the same disruption, that makes sense. Fortunately, most people are aware of the difference.

They will most likely either be sued or have financial repercussions, although there realy isn't a replqcement waiting in the wings if they went down. Plus they have had a pretty solid reputation for years, so an occasional oopsie is going to happen and as long as it doesn't happen repeatedly it is likely to be forgotten about in 6 months.

Heck, I wasn't even impacted because my work laptop was off and it was already sorted out before I turned it on that day.

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If I had to guess there would be, at the very least, some businesses that used their business continuity insurance.

Those companies, after paying those claims, will probably be expecting reimbursement or preparing to sue crowdstrike to recoup those costs.

[–] dave@feddit.uk 13 points 2 months ago

And likely Crowdstrike will have their own insurance. At the end of the day, it’s just gamblers sitting at the table, moving the chips around.